02x08 - A Line of Great Heroes

[bunniefuu]

[theme music plays]

[music fades]

- [loud whooshing]
- [ominous music plays]

[Richter pants]

[grunts]

[shudders, grunts]

[groans]

[crackling]

[eerie music continues]

[cackles]

[dramatic music plays]

[Alucard growling]

[yells]

- [yells]
- [both grunting]

[pants]

[Drolta grunts]

[straining]

[straining]

This vessel is weaker than ever.

But I must retrieve my souls
from this new obscenity.

Where is Annette? Can you send her back?

[grunts wearily]

She is an interloper in a place
where she does not belong.

But so am I.

- [hopeful music building]
- [gasps]

[straining]

[grunts]

[Richter gasps]

[grunts]

[strains]

[grunts]

[tense music plays]

[Drolta wheezes]

- [cackles]
- [exciting music plays]

[grunting]

- [grunting]
- [whip cracking]

[chuckles]

[grunts]

[exhales]

[grunts]

[straining]

[both grunting]

[groans]

[shrieks]

[groaning]

[Alucard growls]

[yells]

- [cries out in pain]
- [grunting]

[stone crumbling]

[tendrils snap]

[giggles, groans]

[Richter grunting]

- [yells]
- [groans]

[yells angrily]

- [thuds]
- [groans]

[music fades]

[screams]

- [eerie music plays]
- [soft whooshing]

[magic squeals]

[music fades]

[clangs]

- [wails]
- [heroic music plays]

[whimpers, gasps]

[Drolta panting]

[Drolta growls]

[Richter grunts]

- [grunts]
- [silence falls]

[both breathing rapidly]

[moans softly, chuckles]

- [both straining]
- [Drolta moans softly]

[ominous music plays]

[grunts]

[Alucard groans]

[strains]

[yells]

[Richter grunts]

[yells]

[Drolta cries out in pain, gasps]

[growls]

[screams]

[mysterious music plays]

[gasps]

- I am Sekhmet...
- [bones crunching]

- [screams]
- ...Guardian of the Dawn,

- Child of the Sun...
- [screams]

- ...Mistress of Healing.
- [seethes]

I did this for you.

All of this, I did it for you.

Made yourself into this unclean thing.

- Filled my temple with atrocities.
- [gasps]

Fed my soul to a disgusting
walking corpse.

So that you could live again!

- I thought it was what you wanted.
- [dramatic music plays]

I thought it was what you wanted.

- It is time to balance the scales.
- [gasps]

I thought it was what you wanted.

[dramatic, ethereal music building]

[wind whistling]

[screaming]

No!

[ice crackling]

You'll k*ll her, Sekhmet.

You'll k*ll Annette.

[groaning in agony]

I don't care about the world.

I don't care if we live
in eternal f*cking darkness.

- [screaming]
- [Richter] Leave her alone.

Leave Annette alone!

[Alucard] Richter.

[music stops]

My friend.

You know that's not what she'd want.

[mysterious music plays]

[Drolta wailing, whimpering]

[screaming]

[magic whooshes, booms]

[dramatic, ethereal music plays]

[both gasping, screaming]

[magic booms, crackles]

[music continues]

[mournful music plays]

[music fades]

[eerie music plays]

[footsteps thudding]

[roars]

- [disorienting music plays]
- [shudders]

- [creature shrieks]
- [groans]

[grunts]

[breathes rapidly]

[grunts]

[mysterious music plays]

- [footstep thuds]
- [roars]

[Annette yells]

[grunts weakly]

[Richter] Annette.

[gentle, tragic music playing]

[groans]

[Richter] Annette.

[creature snarling]

[inhales deeply]

- [Richter] Annette!
- [gasps]

- [snarls]
- [grunts weakly]

[grunts, yells]

- [clangs]
- [ethereal music plays]

You are so strong.

From the moment I first saw you,
I knew you were strong.

Richter.

[Richter] You saved my life
from a night creature.

[grunts]

[Richter] I'd never seen
night creatures before,

and it had beaten me.

[Richter] I was a dead man,
and you k*lled it.

[panting]

Richter!

Maria called me an ungrateful w*nk*r,
and, as usual, she was right.

I was embarrassed.

What an idiot.

But now, I can't imagine the world
without you, Annette.

Any of it.

- [wind whistling]
- [mysterious music playing]

Not hearing your voice,
not seeing you roll your eyes at me,

not waking up to know that,
whatever happens, somewhere,

you are there.

Please.

[breathing heavily] Don't leave me.

Please.

[gasps]

[shudders]

[grunting]

[gasping]

[ethereal music playing]

[gasps]

[gasps]

Mama.

[sighs]

[ethereal music building]

[gasps]

[moans softly]

[whooshing]

[music continues gently]

[Annette shudders]

[shudders]

[sighs]

- You smell of burning.
- [gasps]

[chuckles]

[breathing deeply]

Yeah, that would be you.

You're like holding burning coals.

[gasps]

- [Richter shudders]
- [sighs]

[music fades]

[Drolta screaming]

- [eerie music plays]
- [screaming]

[groans in torment]

[groaning]

[Drolta groaning in torment]

[continues groaning]

[Alucard grunting]

[blade slashing, clanging]

[mysterious music playing]

[Drolta grunting]

- [yells, grunts]
- [grunts]

[Drolta grunts]

[grunts]

[groans loudly]

[grunts angrily]

[panting]

[heroic music plays]

[yelling]

[Richter grunts]

[Drolta grunts]

[both straining]

- [Richter grunts]
- [straining]

- [crackling]
- [Drolta gasps]

[Richter grunts]

- [groans, shrieks]
- [crackling]

[seethes]

[yells]

[shrieks]

- [Drolta groans]
- [crackling]

- [booms]
- [dramatic music plays]

[Drolta groans, growls]

[yells]

[thuds]

[groans in pain]

[yells]

[gasps in surprise]

- [grunts]
- [shrieks]

[groans wearily]

[growls]

[screams]

[grunts]

[wheezes]

[cackles, wheezes]

[Drolta cackling hoarsely]

[Drolta gasps in surprise]

[crackling]

[screaming]

- [heroic music playing]
- [Drolta whimpers]

[Drolta screams]

[Drolta screams]

[grunts] Richter!

[music fades]

[gentle, ethereal music plays]

[groans]

[gasps]

[music continues]

[whooshing]

[crackling]

[muffled boom]

[tense music playing]

[crackles]

[stone crumbling]

[Drolta shuddering]

- [eerie sting]
- [Drolta gasps]

- [gentle, ethereal music plays]
- [crackling]

[gasps]

[body thuds]

[music fades]

[eerie music plays]

[Olrox snarling softly]

I will k*ll you, Olrox.

One day.

[gentle, ethereal music plays]

But not today.

[whooshing]

[birds chirping]

[Maria shudders, sighs]

[shudders]

[gentle, ethereal music playing]

[music swells]

[music fading]

[gentle string music plays]

So, where were you when I was young?

My father and my grandfather
would go on and on about Alucard,

like you were some sort of favorite uncle.

But I only met you once,
for about three days, when I was 14.

I was traveling a lot.

Ah, yeah. You were traveling a lot.

- [Alucard] Mm.
- [both chuckling softly]

[Alucard] At that time,
it would have been mainly Japan.

India.

The world was changing in so many ways.

I wanted to see it all for myself.

And I was tired of Belmonts.

[gasps softly]

Especially tired of Belmonts dying.

[sighs]

[Alucard] I'm sorry
I wasn't there to bring you toys

and teach you how to fish.

[Juste] Oh no. Belmonts don't really
bother with childhood.

You should take care of those burns.

Don't let them fester.

What are you going to do now?

[sighs]

Go home.

There's a struggle for freedom
yet to be won.

Oh.

You could come with me.

[music fades]

The storming of the Bastille.

It was what started the revolution.

When the people of Paris fought their way
into the prison that was here

to free all the prisoners.

That's all that's left of it now.

It was a symbol of oppression,
so they tore it down brick by brick.

It feels good to see a sunset

where you don't have to worry
what might be waiting in the dark.

My mother, maybe.

You saw her, then?

She left.

She said she had to find herself.

[gentle, ethereal music plays]

[sighs]

I'm staying here in Paris.

There's work to do. More battles to fight.

A world to win.

Will you join us?

I'm going to go with Annette.

[gasps]

[sighs]

A world to win there too.

Except, you know, the new one.

[chuckles softly]

Yeah.

Yes, I see that.

It's all right.

We'll see each other again.

[footsteps approaching]

[exhales]

[Edouard] We did what we came to do,

didn't we?

Yes.

It is time to go home.

Is there still a place for me
in Saint-Domingue?

Of course.

I am a creature of nightmares.

Not there, Edouard.

Everyone on Saint-Domingue has had
nightmares much more terrifying than you.

And you're beautiful.

Everyone will see how beautiful you are.

Including your bass player.

[both chuckle softly]

There'll always
be a place for you, Edouard.

Saint-Domingue would be empty without you.

[melancholy string music plays]

[breathing raggedly]

[Mizrak] You've seen the devil, then,

waiting for me?

Not the devil.

No.

And I think he was waiting
for someone else.

Still, the devil will be waiting.

An eternity of torment.

Agony upon agony with no release.

I'm afraid, Olrox.

[Olrox] There's no need
to be afraid, my love.

Not of the devil, at least.

The devil is easy to cheat.

[Mizrak gasps]

- [squelching]
- Ah!

[groans softly]

[grunts, sighs]

[people cheering and shouting]

You must be happy you got your magic back.

[Juste] Yes, I am happy.

I feel alive again. I feel young.

[Richter] Thought, to be honest,
you don't really look it.

- [Maria stifles laugh]
- [Richter] I'm just kidding.

- You don't look a day over 60.
- [sighs]

I'm sorry we annoyed you so much.

[chuckles softly]

It's so long since I was young,
I've forgotten what it's like.

All your lives are very short,
Richter Belmont.

Seize the day.

Yes, right. Seize the day.

[laughs]

He's got a point, you cheeky bugger.

Don't waste a moment of your life.

[gentle, ethereal music plays]

[wind gusting softly]

[people cheering and shouting]

[laughing]

[music fading]

Good to hear the people of Paris
enjoying themselves.

I suspect they have
long years of w*r ahead.

[Maria] At least it's just
the old regimes now,

not the forces of actual evil.

And I suppose you're committed
to fighting till the bitter end?

[Juste inhales]

Well, I suppose I'll be here to help.

What about you?

I have been alone for many years.

[melancholy music plays]

It seemed, on the whole, for the best.

But last night,

- I saw people who have found something...
- [music becomes hopeful]

...new and precious,

and maybe world-changing.

They are not prepared to surrender it.

They would rather die.

I think I might like to see how that goes.

[music fades]

[gentle music plays]

[sighs deeply]

[music fades]

Thank you for guiding me home.

[gentle, ethereal music plays]

That was my job.

My job was to make sure you got back.

When you were there, in the spirit world,

did you see your mother?

Yes.

She told me she was always here.

She is always here still.

Wherever I go, I'm surrounded by love.

Protected by it.

I should find that comforting, I suppose.

But for some reason, I don't.

I don't really want all my ancestors
hanging around, watching me.

Not even my mother.

Probably sometimes
especially not my mother.

[laughs]

[inhales]

[gentle music plays]

[music swells]

- [chuckles]
- What's the matter?

Never kissed a girl before?

Of course I have.

I mean, not lots of girls or anything.

A few.

Richter, you don't have to pretend
to be a blushing choirboy.

No. Good. Nor do you.

[chuckling nervously] Not that you'd be
a choirboy, obviously.

Or a choir girl.

Uh, there don't seem to be
many choir girls for some reason.

Stop talking.

["Vedrò con mio diletto" plays on strings]

[music stops]

[singing hauntingly in Italian]

[music resumes]

[music and singing continue]

[dramatic sting]

[growling]

[snarls]

- [music and singing continue]
- [bell tolling steadily]

[people talking and shouting indistinctly]

I heard someone say they're executing
people who fought alongside the vampires.

[Maria] Good.

They deserve to die.

[singing and music continue]

- [thuds]
- [squelches]

[people cheering]

[eerie whooshing]

[singing and music continue]

[singing ends]

[music fading]

- [waves sloshing]
- [boat creaking]

[gentle, ethereal music plays]

[music fades]